Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism


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Volume 52

Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of World Authors from Classical Antiquity through the Fourteenth Century, from the First Appraisals to Current Evaluations

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Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Vol. 52
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